Family
Father : Langdon Doyle Bates. Deceased
Mother : Bertye Kathleen Bates. Died Feb. 15, 1997 at age 91
Sister : Mary Bates. Older
Sister : Patricia Bates. Older
BIOGRAPHY
Until the 1990s, Bates had only minor parts in TV series such as Love Boat (her television debut), All My Children, St. Elsewhere, and China Beach, as well as lackluster films like Taking Off (1971), Straight Time (1978) and Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988). But with the critical and popular success of Misery, Bates' film career hit an upswing. She won a Best Actress Oscar for her role opposite James Caan in Misery, followed by a Golden Globe for her role as the comically emancipated housewife in Fried Green Tomatoes (1992). She had prominent roles in Dolores Claiborne (1994), Diabolique (1996), Titanic (1997), The Waterboy (1998), and Primary Colors (1998) for which she received another Oscar nomination.
Her other projects include Bruno (2000), costarring Shirley MacLaine (who also directed) and Gary Sinise, Love Liza, and About Schmidt. She has directed episodes of the hit TV dramas Homicide, NYPD Blue, and Oz. She also directed A&E's Dash and Lilly (1999), starring Sam Shepard, Judy Davis, and Bebe Neuwirth.
CAREER
Her Broadway appearances include Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July and the Robert Altman directed Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean opposite Karen Black and Cher. She received a Tony Award nomination in 1983 for her stage role in the Pulitzer Prizewinning play 'night, Mother opposite Anne Pitoniak. The production of 'night, Mother ran for more than a year. One of her other successful New York stage productions was, Off Broadway, in Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune which ran 533 performances. McNally specifically wrote the play for Bates and F. Murray Abraham, who had to drop out and was replaced by Kenneth Welsh. The play was later filmed as Frankie and Johnny, starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. She also replaced Amy Irving in the off-Broadway production of The Road to Mecca in 1988.
Bates's first feature film was the 1971 Miloš Forman comedy Taking off(credited as "Bobo Bates"), wherein she sings an original song "Even Horses Had Wings." Bates's next feature was the 1978 Dustin Hoffman vehicle Straight Time. (In 1990, she would appear again with Hoffman in Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy as a stenographer.) Bates continued to appear in little seen films such as Summer Heat and The Morning After while guest-starring in television shows such as L.A. Law before landing the role of obsessed fan Annie Wilkes, who holds her favorite author (played by James Caan) captive, in the 1990 thriller Misery. Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, she received her first Academy Award nomination for that role, winning Best Actress. Soon after, she starred with Jessica Tandy in the acclaimed 1991 movie Fried Green Tomatoes.
In 1977, she made her soap opera debut as Phyllis on NBC's soap opera The Doctors. From 1983 to 1984, she played prison inmate Belle Bodelle on All My Children and from 1984 to 1985, she played Evelyn Maddox on One Life To Live.
In 1995, she turned in another applauded portrayal as the title character in Dolores Claiborne, a film adaption of another Stephen King novel, although she was not nominated for an Oscar. In 1997, Bates played Margaret "Molly" Brown in James Cameron's Titanic. Based on the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, the film went on to earn more than $1.8 billion in box-office receipts worldwide.
Bates also excelled in her role as the acid-tongued "dustbuster" political advisor Libby Holden in the 1998 drama "Primary Colors" which was adapted from the book in which political journalist Joe Klein recounted his experiences on the Presidential campaign trail in 1991–1992. For this performance, she received her second Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress, though she did not win. She was nominated again, in 2002, for About Schmidt, and did not win. More recently, she and Terry Bradshaw played the parents of Matthew McConaughey's character in the 2006 film Failure to Launch. Bates was also featured in an uncredited cameo in the miniseries of Stephen King's The Stand.
Bates was nominated Emmy Award seven times: Outstanding actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, for her performance as Jay Leno's manager Helen Kushnick in HBO's The Late Shift (1996), and, twice again in the same category; as Miss Hannigan in Disney's remake of Annie (1999) and for the HBO Franklin Roosevelt biopic Warm Springs (2005). She was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Lifetime Television's Ambulance Girl (2006), which she also directed.
She appeared on 10 episodes of the HBO cable television series Six Feet Under for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, as Bettina, in 2003. She also was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for 3rd Rock from the Sun in 1999, the same year that she was nominated for Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Movie for the Dashiell Hammett-Lillian Hellman biopic Dash & Lilly. She currently has a recurring guest role on the American version of The Office as Jo Bennet, the head executive of the company that buys Dunder Mifflin known as Sabre.
Starting in the 1990s, Bates forged a formidable career as a director. She has directed episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street, NYPD Blue, Oz, Six Feet Under, and Everwood. Bates has also directed the TV movies Dash and Lilly and the self-starring Ambulance Girl.
She directed and co-starred in Have Mercy (2006) with Melanie Griffith. In 2008, she re-teamed with her Titanic co-stars Leonardo DiCapro and Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road.
Bates will star in David E. Kelley's upcoming legal drama Harry's Law, which is expected to air on NBC during the 2010–11 television season
MOVIES & AWARDS
The Doctors (1977)
The Love Boat (1978)
Straight Time (1978)
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
Two of a Kind (1983)
All My Children (1984)
Johnny Bull (1986)
Cagney & Lacey (1986)
St. Elsewhere (1986)
Murder Ordained (1987)
Summer Heat (1987)
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
China Beach (1989)
Signs of Life (1989)
High Stakes (1989)
Roe vs. Wade (1989)
L.A. Law (1989)
No Place Like Home (1989)
Men Don't Leave (1990)
Dick Tracy (1990)
White Palace (1990)
Misery (1990)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
The Road to Mecca (1992)
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Used People (1992)
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (1993)
Hostages (1993)
A Home of Our Own (1993)
The American Experience (1993 - 2004)
The Stand (1994)
North (1994)
Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress
Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
The West Side Waltz (1995)
Angus (1995)
Diabolique (1996)
The War at Home (1996)
The Late Shift (1996)
TV filmAmerican Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) Network, Cable or Syndication
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
Swept from the Sea (1997)
Titanic (1997)
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Primary Colors (1998)
American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Effects of Magic (1998)
The Waterboy (1998)
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Comedy
A Civil Action (1998)
Annie (1999)
TV filmAmerican Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) Network, Cable or Syndication
Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Baby Steps (1999)
3rd Rock from the Sun (1999)
Episode: "Alien Hunter"
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series
Dash and Lily (1999)
Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Bruno (2000)
MADtv (2000)
Rat Race (2001)
American Outlaws (2001)
King of the Hill (2001)
Love Liza (2002)
Dragonfly (2002)
About Schmidt (2002)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Unconditional Love (2002)
My Sister's Keeper (2002)
TV filmNominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Six Feet Under (2003-2005)
10 episodesNominated—Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Drama Series (for episode "Twilight")
Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Little Black Book (2004)
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (2004)
The Ingrate (2004)
Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing, TheThe Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
Hansel and Gretel (2005)
Ambulance Girl (2005)
TV filmNominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a MovieNominated—Prism Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries
Guilty Hearts (2005)
Rumor Has It... (2005)
Warm Springs (2005)
TV filmNominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
Failure to Launch (2006)
Have Mercy (2006)
Solace (2006)
Relative Strangers (2006)
Bonneville (2006)
Charlotte's Web (2006)
Bee Movie (2007)
Fred Claus (2007)
The Golden Compass (2007)
PS, I Love You (2007)
Christmas Is Here Again (2007)
The Family That Preys (2008)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Palm Springs International Film Festival Ensemble Performance Award
Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Cheri (2009)
Personal Effects (2009)
The Blind Side (2009)
Alice (2009)
two-night TV event / miniseries
Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
Valentine's Day (2010)
The Office (2010)
Harry's Law (2010)
You May Not Kiss The Bride (2010)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
No comments:
Post a Comment